Sunday, May 17, 2 pm Holly Golightly Was a Nice Jewish Girl: Our Ancestors ReinventedLecture Presented by Jewish Genealogical SocietyClick here for more information. Monday, May 18, 7 pm A Wing and a Prayer: A Secret Operation to Prevent a Second HolocaustFilm & Panel Discussion Presented by American Jewish Historical SocietyClick here for more information. Tuesday, May 19, 7 pm Sara Levy’s World: Music,…
Sunday, May 10, 4:30 pm Shostakovich and Weinberg: A Musical FriendshipSidney Krum Young Artists Concert SeriesPresented by YIVO Institute for Jewish ResearchClick here for more information. Monday, May 11, 6:30 pm The Paradox of Liberation: Secular Revolutions and Religious CounterrevolutionsBook Talk Presented by Center for Jewish History and American Sephardi FederationClick here for more information. Tuesday, May 12, 6:30 pm Anti-Jewish Violence in Poland…
The Center for Jewish History and its Partners are participating in New York Archives Week with the following FREE events. Please join us! Sunday, October 5 1pm-2pm: Open house advice session (Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Great Hall, first floor)Learn how to store, preserve, and archive your family memorabilia and collections! Experts will be on hand to answer your questions about special topics such…
Decorative embroidery by Rose Biegeleisen Axelrod, depicting German ruler and allies during World War I. Translation from the German: “We are united and no power can separate us. Our armies have forced their way, through storm and darkness, to victory." Collection of Yeshiva University Museum Gift of Sylvia A. Herskowitz To mark the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I and to consider the war’s…